Father Rene R. Levesque, retired priest; dies at 71 COTUIT - Father Rene Remy Levesque, 71, of Cotuit, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church, Fall River, from 1982 until he retired in 1995, died suddenly, Oct. 2, at home. Born in Fall River, the son of the late Romeo Napoleon and Adela (Remy) Levesque, he graduated from St. Jean Baptiste School, Fall River, in 1942. After graduating from Assumption College, Worcester in 1947, he studied there for two more years before beginning theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Md. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop James L. Connolly on May 28, 1955, in St. Mary's Cathedral. Father Levesque served at St. Jean Baptiste Parish until 1960 when
he was assigned to Our Lady ofGrace Parish, Westport. He served at S1.
Joseph's in Attleboro from 1963 to 1968; was back at Our Lady ofGrace from 1968 to 1973; and from then until 1982 was pastor of St. George Church, Westport. He was then made pastor at Blessed Sacrament Church. He was a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, Father Boehr Council 4753, of Tiverton,
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He leaves a brother, Normand Levesque of Somerset; and nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Roland Levesque, and godfather to the late Mary Lou Levesque. His funeral Mass was celebrated Wednesday in Blessed Sacrament Church, Fall River. Interment was in Notre Dame Mausoleum in Fall River.
THEANCHOR-Diocese ofFall River-Fri., October 8, 1999
Dominican Father Pare, 83; assisted at St Anne's Shrine FALL RIVER - Dominican Father Jean Dominique Pare, 83, who had served as assistant director at S1. Anne's Shrine in S1. Anne's Church since 1967, died Tuesday at the residence, 818 Middle Street. Born in Fall River, the son of the late Napoleon and the late Aurore (Morin) Pare, he attended Saint Anne's School here and completed classical studies at the College of St. Jean in St. Jean, Quebec, Canada. After studies as a seminarian at the Dominican House of Studies in Ottawa, he entered the novitiate of the Dominican Fathers in
Father MacPhaidin steps down as Stonehill College president EASTON - Holy Cross Father port and know it Bartley MacPhaidin, president of will sustain and Stonehill College since 1978 encourage my will resign his position effective successor." June 30, 2000. The trustees In a letter to the community will now embark last week, Father MacPhaidin in- on the process of dicated that he will take a sab- finding a new batical before returning to serve president. The as President Emeritus, a position . board plans to to be especially created by the appoint the ninth board of trustees. president by the In his letter, Father start of the 2000MacPhaidin, 63, Stonehill's 2001 academic eighth president, stated, "At the year. beginning of my tenure I had set Father some goals for myself: academic MacPhaidin has reputation, name recognition, been instrumenadequate physical facilities to tal in guiding support our mission, and the the college, building of a Board of Trustees founded in 1948 that would be a second' to none, by the Congreand a backbone for the years gation of the ahead. These goals have been Holy Cross, substantially realized and on the through a period way we have set other, more com- of extended deplex goals for ourselves. These velopment. need younger and more energetic A native of leaders to carry them forward." Donegal, IreFATHER BARTLEY MACPHAIDIN He added, "As president, I land, Father have enjoyed a productive ten- MacPhaidin is a ure, but Stonehill's present stat- scholar and linguist. A graduate the late Father Patrick Peyton. ure results from the combined ef- of Colaiste Einde in Galway, he He received his baccalaureate forts of the entire College com- earned his bachelor of arts degree and licentiate in theology from munity," Father MacPhaidin from Stonehill in 1959 having the Pontifical Gregorian Universtated. "I am grateful for that sup- been directed to the college by sity in Rome in 1963, the same years in which he was ordained. In 1966, he joined the Stonehill faculty and went on to become a professor of religious studies. In 1978 he received his doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University. Well versed in Gaelic, English, Italian, German, French, Danish, Latin and Greek, Father MacPhaidin holds honorary degrees from the New England School of Law, Bridgewater College, the University of the Holy Spirit in Beirut, Lebanon, and from Yaroslavl State University in Russia. Because Father MacPhaidin has maintained a strong interest in Irish affairs, the Irish Cultural Centre of Boston named him as their Man of the Year in 1993 and presented him with its Outstimding Achievement Award.
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S1. Hyacinthe, Quebec, in 1935 and took his solemn· vows in 1939. He was ordained a priest on July 2, 1941 by Bishop Edward McCarthy of Portland, Maine, in SS. Peter and Paul Church in Lewiston, Maine. Following duties as chaplain of the Catholic Orphanage in Montreal, he served from 1946 to 1951 as secretary to the provincial in Montreal. From 1953 to 1960 he was the assistant pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Church in Lewiston. From 1961 to 1967, he was chaplain of the Healy Nursing Home in Lewiston. Until his death, Father Pare not only assisted Dominican Father Pierre Lachance at the Shrine, but had taught at S1. Anne's School until 1985. He also had served as bursar in Lewiston and at S1. Anne's. Father Pare leaves two brothers, Raymond and Henry Pare of Fall River; three sisters, Helene Felix of Fall River, Jeanne Lachance of Somerset and Lucille Lachance of Swansea; and nieces and nephews. He was also the brother of the late Claire McGovern and Louis Pare. His funeral Mass was celebrated today in S1. Anne's Church. Interment was in Notre Dame Cemetery.
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